Harvard Vice President Reluctantly Accepts Signatures for Fossil Fuel Divestment Harvard Vice President Reluctantly Accepts Signatures for Fossil Fuel Divestment
The Divest Harvard campaign achieved a small but not insignificant victory this morning.
Apr 12, 2013 / StudentNation / Alli Welton and StudentNation
Do the Math: The Movie Do the Math: The Movie
The Do the Math Movie tells the story of the rising movement trying to change the terrifying math of the climate crisis and fight the fossil fuel industry.
Apr 10, 2013 / Blog / Peter Rothberg
Brown University Investment Committee Recommends Divestment from Coal Brown University Investment Committee Recommends Divestment from Coal
The committee has recommended divestment only three times in its entire history.
Apr 10, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
What is Student Power? What is Student Power?
Right now, Barnard Columbia Divest and 255 other college divestment campaigns across the country are building student power through work on one goal: destruction of the fossil fuel...
Apr 9, 2013 / StudentNation / Daniela Lapidous and StudentNation
Is the Keystone XL Pipeline the ‘Stonewall’ of the Climate Movement? Is the Keystone XL Pipeline the ‘Stonewall’ of the Climate Movement?
And if so, is that terrible news?
Apr 8, 2013 / Bill McKibben
Why the Climate Movement is Historically Unique Why the Climate Movement is Historically Unique
Never before has an issue involved every single human being on this planet, and never before has the window for action been so short.
Apr 4, 2013 / StudentNation / Chloe Maxmin and StudentNation
Capitalism: A Disaster for All Seasons Capitalism: A Disaster for All Seasons
For every San Francisco earthquake and Superstorm Sandy, some die—and others profit.
Apr 4, 2013 / Steve Fraser
One Million Comments Against Keystone XL One Million Comments Against Keystone XL
The Keystone tar sands pipeline will create just a handful of jobs, won’t improve US energy security, and just isn’t worth the potential cost to our health and our clim...
Apr 3, 2013 / Blog / Peter Rothberg
John Kerry’s Fateful Decision on the Keystone Pipeline John Kerry’s Fateful Decision on the Keystone Pipeline
Four decades ago, he spoke out bravely against the Vietnam War. Will he show the same courage today, in helping to end the fossil-fuel era?
Apr 3, 2013 / Editorial / Bill McKibben
How Little We Know About Heavy Tar Sands Oil How Little We Know About Heavy Tar Sands Oil
The government is flying blind when to comes to transporting, and cleaning up, heavy tar sands oil.
Apr 2, 2013 / Blog / George Zornick